Roerich Peace Pact

The documentary is dedicated to the problem of preservation of cultural values and the topicality of the Roerich Pact in the modern world. It shows the footage of ISIS militants and other terrorist groups crushing historical buildings. Prominent governmental and public officials express their opinion, show their attitude to these events and talk about future steps needed to be taken to save the world cultural heritage. The main purpose of the documentary is to demonstrate the scale of the world culture destruction and appeal to the world community to stand for its defense on the legal basis of international law and,

TODAY is APRIL 15TH, 2015 (10.12 ~KIN 12 12HUMAN). On a day like today 80 years ago in 1935, the first REAL step towards a peaceful World was taken in Washington DC: The Roerich Pact was first agreed to by twenty-one nations of the Americas and signed as a treaty in the White House, in the presence of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, by all the members of the Pan-American Union. It was later signed by other countries also.

The year 2015 marks the 80th anniversary of the signing of this groundbreaking treaty. “The history of international treaties shows us how many of them were relevant and applicable to the times in which they were signed,